About "The Crane And The Cobra" by aled

73 Comments

This design is inspired by an ancient Japanese story about overcoming adversity. The crane is badly injured and he must utilise everything he has learned about balance and timing in order to pull off a fight-winning move against all the odds.

It also is inspired by the finale of The Karate Kid. I think the crane might even be wearing a bandanna.

i think it's cool, and i like where it's going, but i do think it can be simplified even further. there is so much beauty in simplicity, or rather, simplicity brings out the beauty. check out some Chinese paintings for inspiration? but i think it's nice.

Thanks guys - and thanks HangBok - I agree with what you say about beauty in simplicity. I did test out varying levels of simplicity in the strokes and tried to strike a balance between that and being able to clearly convey the concept.